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Combat is somewhat secondary to exploration and investigation inAlan Wake 2, but when it’s time to fight you’ll need to be ready. Enemies take a lot more damage on average than in most games, so having extra weapons and ammo is essential. Luckily, you may get a shotgun almost right away once you start encountering the Taken regularly.
Getting your very own boomstick takes a little bit of puzzle-solving. It’s worth the additional time, though, especially with a boss fight just around the corner. Read on to find out how to unlock the gun cabinet and claim your prize.
Updated on Jun 14, 2025 by Matt Arnold: We’ve added the puzzle solution for the Sheriff’s Office, where you can get an upgraded Pump-Action Shotgun for Saga.
Where Is The Shotgun In Alan Wake 2?
The shotgun is in theabandoned general storeat the crime scene. You’ll see the building during the first chapter, but you won’t be able to do much until you return in Chapter Two. It will be dark when you do, sohave your flashlight ready.
After you find the Manuscript Page at theWitch’s Hut, Saga will deduce that she needs to visit the general store next. The entrance ison the opposite side of the building from the crime scene.
When you enter the store,approach the back wall. If you’ve visited the building previously, you’ll have found a locked door there. This time,an ax-wielding cultistwill burst through the wall to attack you; he needs to be eliminated before you can continue.
Even if you expose his weak point with the flashlight, the cultist will takemost of a clip’s worth of ammoto defeat on normal difficulty. Stay near the door so that you can run outside if you take damage; the light from the streetlamp will protect you.
Once the cultist is dead, you canenter the back roomthrough the hole that he left in the wall. The cabinet containing the shotgun ison the right-hand wall.
What Is The “Lady Fortuna” Combination To The Gun Cabinet In The General Store?
The note next to the lock says tocheck with Lady Fortuna at the front deskfor the combination.
Look at the notepad next to the cash register, near the main entrance to the building; it has several previous combinations crossed out;705, 713, 717, and 723.There is also a phone number and an old lottery ticket on the table.
The lottery ticket shows the numbers05 13 17 23 39 45. Addinglucky number sevento the beginning of each number pair gives the previous codes that the store used for the lock. This means thatthe current combination is the next one in the sequence,739.
Turn the dials on the lock so that it reads 739from the top down, and it will pop open. The shotgun only has two shells to start, sosave them for the confrontation with Nightingaleunless you find yourself perilously low on handgun ammo.
How To Get The Shotgun As Alan In The Dark Place
Alan has a separate inventory from Saga, and doesn’t get access to a shotgun until much later. The good news is, it’svery easy to getas part of the main path!
During Alan’s chapter titledRoom 665, you’ll find yourself climbing across the rooftops of New York to reach an entrance to the Oceanview Hotel. When you find the entrance, you’ll notice arooftop bar to the right.Before entering the hotel,make your way to the bartender’s areain the far right corner. The shotgun is inside, but the door is locked.
Use the Angel Lamp to turn on the light; this will open the door. Go inside, note the price of the Oceanview Cocktail on the drink menu, thenturn the light back offto reveal the shotgun again. Take it and the other supplies in the room, thenuse the Angel Lamp once moreto reopen the door so that you’re able to leave. You don’t need to come back here, sotake the Lamp Charge with you.
How To Get The Pump-Action Shotgun In The Sheriff’s Office
When Saga returns to the Sheriff’s Station in Bright Falls inReturn 6, she’ll receive the keys to the building from Agent Estevez. Use the keys toopen the door to the Sheriff’s Officeon the right side of the building. The Pump-Action Shotgun is in a locked case on the wall.
Check the desk for a clue to the combination. A note there gives a letter cipher where A=1, B=2, and so forth. Every tenth letter is zero, and the count starts over at one on the following letter.
Next to the note are several books, including athree-volume setcalled UFOs: Myth And Reality. Each volume has a different author. Take the surname of each author anduse the cipher to convert the first letter into a single-digit number.Taking them in the order of the volumes (note that they’re stacked right-to-left), the correct sequence isQBW, or723.
The Pump-Action Shotgunhas a much faster firing speedandhigher ammo capacitythan the one you got from the General Store, and only takes up one extra space of inventory. The only downside is that youcan’t get healing from kills with itlike you’re able to with the standard shtogun.
